Since then the amount of streets under construction has increased, with Montreal now planning to work on 290 km of streets each year until 2027, with a budget of $1.8 billion this year and $2.2 billion next year.

In June Lacasse said the amount of construction work planned by Montreal alone was stunning, telling CTV "it's going to be hell." And that did not even touch on the work being done by the province on highways and bridges.

Craig Sauvé, the traffic critic for the opposition at City Hall, said Lacasse's departure was a sign that Coderre was just paying lip service to communicating problems to drivers.

"From the very beginning the hiring of Lacasse was a publicity stunt by Denis Coderre to make seem as though he is taking action against the city's transport crisis," said Sauvé.

"It is clear that the Coderre administration is not ready to make the crucial choices to reduce automobile traffic in Montreal."

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Pierre Lacasse was hired at the end of April to co-ordinate construction and traffic. He no longer works for the city.